Lockheed Martin Space partners with SWISSto12 & CAES for Advanced 3D-Printed Phased Array Antennas

By Dr. Emile de Rijk
HummingSat enters design phase

Newsroom Lausanne, March 22nd 2022 A small but powerful European telecommunications satellite – the first of a series – is to be developed under a contract signed between ESA and SWISSto12, an innovative company based in Renens, Switzerland. The HummingSat Partnership Project is part of ESA’s efforts to support fast, dynamic and agile private space […]
ARAMIS flexible payload

Newsroom Lausanne, March 21st 2022 – SWISSto12, a leading provider of Radio-Frequency (RF) products and payload systems for telecommunication satellites based on novel 3D printing technologies, announces the kick-off of the ARAMIS project (Active Reconfigurable telecommunication pAyload for Micro-geostationary Satellites) to develop a next generation Ka band active antenna in support of fully-reconfigurable digital payloads. With co-funding support through the European Space […]
SWISSto12’s micro-geostationary satellite wins ESA support

Newsroom Lausanne, November 30th 2021 – The small telecommunications satellite developed by SWISSto12 SA, intended for launch into geostationary orbit some 36’000 kilometres above the Earth – which can be used as a basis for future satellites – has won support from ESA This new satellite product line and its first protoflight model will be developed […]
Fleet selects SWISSto12 to deliver the first ever additively manufactured all-metal patch antennas

Newsroom Lausanne, Switzerland – 9th February 2021 – SWISSto12 has been selected by Fleet Space Technologies, an Australian Nanosatellite Manufacturer, to deliver the first ever additively manufactured all-metal patch antennas for Fleet Space’s C4 and C5 satellites. The contract will include the manufacturing with SWISSto12’s patented and space qualified additive manufacturing processes specially optimized for RF applications. […]
Dr. Peter Guggenbach new Chief Growth Officer of SWISSto12

Newsroom Lausanne, Switzerland – December 15th, 2020 – SWISSto12 today announced that Dr. Peter Guggenbach will join the company as Chief Growth Officer starting January 1st 2021. Dr. Emile de Rijk, CEO and co-founder of SWISSto12 said: “Peter’s trusted reputation serving within the Space Industry and his extensive experience in growing international organizations, leading product developments, strategic partnerships and building long lasting customer […]
Collaboration with Maxar Technologies to bring innovative and complex 3D printed filters to space

Newsroom Lausanne, Switzerland – December 9th, 2020 – in collaboration with Maxar Technologies, a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, we have developed new types of advanced narrow-band and high-power waveguide filtering functions using Additive Manufacturing (3D printing). After successfully developing and commercializing broadband, low-power filter products in majority for the satcom user […]
SWISSto12 takes off with NSLComm

Newsroom Lausanne, Switzerland – Oct 1st 2019 – SWISSto12 a provider of 3D-printed telecommunications equipment for the satellite communications and aerospace industries, announced today the successful launch and commissioning of its Ka band antenna feeder assembly aboard the NSLComm’s NSLSat-1 satellite. Additive manufacturing (3D printing), provides a unique opportunity for the next-generation communication payloads onboard satellites. […]
A large batch of 3D printed waveguide solutions has been delivered to Thales Alenia Space for the Eutelsat KONNECT VHTS program

Newsroom Lausanne, Switzerland – September 30th 2020 – We are happy to announce we have delivered a large batch of mission critical waveguide signal interconnects to Thales Alenia Space for the Eutelsat KONNECT VHTS program. SWISSto12 has worked on the design, manufacture, and test of these products with Thales Alenia Space over the last year and […]
SWISSto12 to offer advanced payloads for mini-GEO telecom satellite missions

Newsroom Santa Clara, CA – August 29, 2019 – SWISSto12, a provider of 3D-printed telecommunications equipment announced today the launch of its advanced payload products for mini-GEO satellites based on 3rd party satellite BUS systems. The evolution of mini GEO missions (GEO satellites of 100-500kg) is complementary to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) […]